What Google Knows About You?: 6 Links To Be Protected

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Everything Google knows about you A ccording to Google, I am a woman between the ages of 25 and 34...

Everything Google knows about you

According to Google, I am a woman between the ages of 25 and 34 who
speaks English as her primary language and has accumulated an unwieldy
74,486 e-mails in her life. I like cooking, dictionaries and Washington,
D.C. I own a Mac computer that I last accessed at 10:04 p.m. last
night, at which time I had 46 open Chrome tabs. And of the thousands and
thousands of YouTube videos I have watched in my lifetime, a truly
embarrassing number of them concern (a) funny pets or (b) Taylor Swift.

I
didn’t tell Google any of these things intentionally, of course — I
didn’t fill out a profile or enter a form. But even as you search
Google, it turns out, Google is also searching you.Want to find out all the things Google knows about you? Read on...

Find Out What Google Knows About You

Whether you are browsing the Internet for basic information or your
whole life depends on the Internet, you are somehow connected to Google
services. This means that Google also knows a lot about you and keeps
track of your online activities to provide a better service. This may raise privacy concerns for privacy-conscious people. After all,
not everyone is comfortable with someone tracking every location they
visit. If you are a bit concerned about Google tracking
you, then you might want to know what Google actually knows about you,
and you may even opt out. In this article we will help you find out what
Google knows about you and how to opt out of it.

1. Find out what Google thinks about you

In order to serve relevant ads, Google collects data about you and
creates a profile. You can control and review the information Google has
on you here: http://www.google.com/settings/ads/

Google also has a tool called Google Analytics, that helps publishers
see what pages you have viewed on their website, how many times you
have visited it, how long did you stay etc. You can opt out if you don’t
want this type of data to be collected:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

2. Find out your location history

3. Find out your entire Google Search history

Google saves every single search you have ever done. On top of that,
they record every Google ad you have clicked on. This log is available
in Google web history controls:https://www.google.com/history/

4. Get a monthly security and privacy report from Google

Google offers an Account activity page that tells you about all the
Google services you are using. You can even enable a monthly report that
will be sent to your email:https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard

5. Find out all the apps and extensions that are accessing your Google data

6. Export all of your data out of Google

Google tracks everything you do: here's how to delete it

It's no secret
that Google knows a lot about you. This week it made headlines when the
internet realised that every time someone speak to Google, it records
their voice. And you can listen back to it. But that isn't the only bit
of Google data that users with the right know-how can track down.

One of the more interesting places to check out what Google really knows about you is to head over to its ad settings
page where (if you're signed into your Google account) you'll see a
profile Google has built for you based on your search history, YouTube
history and interests. So, for example, it might know that you're
female, aged 18-24 and interested in banking, consumer electronics,
mobile phones, shooter games, rap and hip hop and toys.

Google
doesn't make a huge song and dance about its in-depth knowledge of its
users, but at the same time it doesn't keep it a secret either. Here's
how to find out what Google knows and take control of your data.

Google saves every voice search

Google's voice search-saving habits have been reported on many times.Anyone
who use Google's voice search or the voice-activated assistant, Google
Now, have their searches stored so that more relevant ads are served and
search features are steadily improved -- in the same way you'd expect
from regular Google search.

And
a lot of people don't realise that many of these searches are actually
recorded. This means users are able to listen back to exactly what they
searched for by listening to what they said and how they said it.How to delete it: If you've used any of Google's opt-in voice features for yourself, then head to Google's Voice & Audio Activity page to review your voice searches and listen back to them. Be warned, this could be interesting, funny or just plain cringe-worthy.

To
delete this database of embarrassing searches select one or more of the
recordings from the check box beside them and then click "delete" at
the top of the screen.

Google saves all your searches

Probably the least surprising of the lot, but Google has all of your search history stored up.How to delete it: If you'd rather not have a list of ridiculous search queries stored up, then head to Google's history page, click Menu (the three vertical dots) and then hit Advanced -> All Time -> Delete.If you want to stop Google tracking your searches for good, head to the activity controls page and toggle tracking off.

Google tracks and records your location

As well as recording your searches and your voice, Google has also been keeping tabs on your location.Google's location history, or timeline page, serves
up a Google Map and allows you to select specific dates and times and
see where you were. Its accuracy depends on whether you were signed into
your Google account and carrying a phone or tablet at the time.

How to delete it: When
you visit the timeline page you can hit the settings cog in the bottom
right hand corner of the screen and select delete all from there.There's also the option to pause location history by hitting the big button in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

But
this one is a little trickier to completely get rid of, because to stop
it happening in future you'll need to opt out of both location tracking
and location reporting with your device -- whether you're running
Android or iOS.